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    Learn command line operations for efficient system management. Understand command line syntax and scripting for automating tasks in Unix and Windows.

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      University of Colorado System

      Cloud Computing Security

      Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Load Balancing, User Accounts, Apache, Web Servers, System Configuration, Command-Line Interface, Firewall, Linux, Debugging

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      131 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Illinois Tech

      Hardware and Operating System Foundations II

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Linux Administration, Operating System Administration, Linux Commands, User Accounts, Command-Line Interface, Systems Administration, Operating Systems, User Provisioning, Service Management, System Configuration, System Monitoring, Graphical Tools, File Management

      Build toward a degree

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      62 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Illinois Tech

      Hardware and Operating System Foundations I

      Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Windows, Windows PowerShell, Operating System Administration, Command-Line Interface, Operating Systems, Systems Administration, Desktop Support, System Configuration, Control Panels, OS Process Management, IT Automation, General Networking, Computing Platforms, Graphical Tools, File Management, Network Troubleshooting, User Accounts

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      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      80 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Red Hat

      Fundamentals of Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift

      Skills you'll gain: OpenShift, Application Deployment, Kubernetes, Containerization, Docker (Software), Cloud-Native Computing, CI/CD, YAML, Configuration Management, Application Lifecycle Management, Package and Software Management, Data Storage, Command-Line Interface

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      41 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Bioinformatics Methods for Transcriptomics

      Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, R Programming, Statistical Analysis, Command-Line Interface, Linux

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Red Hat

      Fundamentals of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Package and Software Management, Linux Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux Commands, User Accounts, Operating System Administration, Linux Servers, OS Process Management, Command-Line Interface, File Management, Unix Shell, System Monitoring, General Networking, Firewall, Open Source Technology

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      78 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      LPIC-1 Linux Administrator (101-500)

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Package and Software Management, Linux, Command-Line Interface, Linux Servers, Operating System Administration, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Bash (Scripting Language), Software Installation, Systems Administration, File Management, Service Management, Authorization (Computing), Shell Script, Operating Systems, Servers, Data Storage, System Monitoring, System Configuration

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Fundamentals with Rust: Build a CLI Distance Calculator

      Skills you'll gain: Rust (Programming Language), Command-Line Interface, Package and Software Management, Programming Principles, Secure Coding, Software Development, Computer Programming, Debugging

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Packt

      CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005)

      Skills you'll gain: Package and Software Management, Linux Administration, Shell Script, Ubuntu, User Accounts, Linux, Linux Servers, Linux Commands, Operating System Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Performance Tuning, Bash (Scripting Language), Kubernetes, Command-Line Interface, Network Troubleshooting, Containerization, Ansible, File Systems, Application Deployment, Authentications

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      16 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      Core 2: OS, Software, Security and Operational Procedures

      Skills you'll gain: Operating System Administration, Desktop Support, Operating Systems, Command-Line Interface, Technical Support and Services, System Support, Help Desk Support, Mobile Security, Network Security, Microsoft Windows, Technical Support, Mac OS, Linux, System Configuration, Network Administration, Software Installation, Firewall, Encryption, Malware Protection

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      66 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Illinois Tech

      Cloud Computing Technologies - Bachelor's

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Computing Architecture, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Database Management, Scalability, Virtual Machines, Command-Line Interface

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Amazon Web Services

      Getting Started with Amazon EKS Anywhere

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, Command-Line Interface, Cloud Computing Architecture

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      9 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular command line courses

    • Cloud Computing Security: University of Colorado System
    • Hardware and Operating System Foundations II: Illinois Tech
    • Hardware and Operating System Foundations I: Illinois Tech
    • Fundamentals of Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift: Red Hat
    • Bioinformatics Methods for Transcriptomics: Johns Hopkins University
    • Fundamentals of Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Red Hat
    • LPIC-1 Linux Administrator (101-500): Packt
    • Fundamentals with Rust: Build a CLI Distance Calculator: Coursera Project Network
    • CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005): Packt
    • Core 2: OS, Software, Security and Operational Procedures: IBM

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